Research as Friendship? — Crowdfunding on wemakeit

A refuge for humanity? Slow-paced and transdisciplinary research in Switzerland and Cameroon: Enable a transmedia publication fuelled by a 20 years friend- and researchpartnership.

CHF 15’120

151% of CHF 10’000

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57 backers

Successfully concluded on 15/12/2025

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Courage à vous tous, je vous souhaite bonheur et réussite vertueuse !
NUYTTENS on 7/12/2025 00:36
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Balz unser Freund ist, ganz einfach;)
silius37 on 2/12/2025 13:49
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I back this project because... it s for a friend of course !
Olivier Chachero on 18/11/2025 11:19
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Euer Projekt gefällt uns – und gehört daher momentan zur Kategorie «Unsere Lieblinge»! Für die nächsten Tage erscheint es auf der Startseite und in der Kategorie «Empfohlene». Ein guter Grund, ein bisschen stolz zu sein und es allen zu erzählen: Verfasst ein Update oder einen Post!
Team wemakeit on 13/11/2025 11:04
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+ Streaming MOI, UN AFROPEEN
You will receive the streaming link to the German/English subtitled version of ’MOI, UN AFROPEEN’ for your home cinema. And you will be named as a supporter in the final credits of ’MOI, UN AFROPEEN’.

As soon as Balz's dissertation is available on the servers of the Swiss National Data and Service Centre (DaSCH), we will send you the direct link to the publication.

Thank you very much for your support!
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+ Download-Link SEPHIROOTS
You will receive a download link for André’s unreleased reggae album ’SEPHIROOTS’ under his former stage name OTU BALAH JAH and a streaming link for the German/English subtitled version of 'MOI, UN AFROPEEN’ for your home cinema.

You will be named as a supporter in the final credits of ’MOI, UN AFROPEEN’ and as soon as Balz’s dissertation is available on the servers of the Swiss National Data and Service Centre (DaSCH), we will send you the direct link to the publication.

Thank you very much for your support!
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+ Invitation PREMIERE
We invite you to the premiere of ’MOI, UN AFROPEEN’ at the Basel Africa Bibliographies once the publication has been uploaded to the servers of the Swiss National Data and Service Centre (DaSCH). This will be followed by an acoustic set from «SEPHIROOTS», André’s reggae album, which is also the soundtrack to 'MOI, UN AFROPEEN’.

You will be named as a supporter in the final credits of 'MOI, UN AFROPEEN’ and you may choose one of the gifts for supporters up to CHF 100.

We look forward to seeing you at the PREMIERE.
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+ TRAUM A RETREAT in La Rösa
We invite you to the premiere and a personal dinner in Basel (see supporters with 200 and 500 CHF).

If you like, you are also invited to take part in a TRAUM A RETREAT in the summer of 2026, which Balz has designed and will accompany. We will work with all interested parties to find a suitable date and will arrive on a Friday and depart on a Monday. La Rösa is located on the edge of the forest in Puschlav, the Swiss extension of Valtellina, where Leonardo da Vinci is said to have searched for the sources of the Po River some time ago.

In the publication of Balz’s dissertation on the servers of the Swiss National Data and Service Centre (DaSCH), you will be thanked in the foreword and named as a supporter in the final credits of ’MOI, UN AFROPEEN’. You may choose a gift of your choice for supporters up to 100 CHF.

Finally, you will receive a one-year passive membership with e3600scientificartworks, giving you access to our support group for power-critical and transdisciplinary projects.

We look forward to getting to know you and having a wonderful time with you.
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e3600scientificartworks

Schweiz/Kamerun

E3600 scientific artworks is an non-profit association. The association promotes research that follows the principles of transversality and reciprocity by transforming power dynamics through collaboration, dialogue and reflexive action, evermore questioning arbitrary boundaries betwixt art and science. In order to promote the emergence of a community of human beings ready for the golden age @Gaia.

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